November 14, 2009

It's Saturday, Girls. While you're out doing things, hopefully with your family, don't forget the Lord and His goodness!

Today in Joshua 6, God gave Joshua very specific instructions, Joshua and the people followed them to the letter, and it worked! The walls of Jericho fell down and they took the city. "Took the city" actually sounds very tame and civilized. What they really did is rushed into the city through the fallen walls and slaughtered everything that breathed, with the exception of Rahab and the people in her house. Anything made of precious metal went to the Lord's tabernacle, and everything else was burned. It was a good thing Rahab had faith in God, or she and her family would have been killed too.

In Psalm 13, David was feeling like the Lord had forsaken him, but at the end of the psalm we find that he was still trusting in the Lord. A good lesson for us.

In Psalm 14, David was lamenting over all the fools that were in his land. We certainly have a lot of fools in our land today! Read this chapter for a good description.

Psalm 15 was more uplifting. This is a picture of who will actually get to live with God in His kingdom. This tells us exactly what we should be doing if we want God to be pleased with us.

Proverbs 14 is another treasure-trove of goodies. There are several verses in there about holding our tempers. Read it and see what else you find!